[78-L] Gregorian Chant dates? [FWD]

[Mike Harkin]

Circa 1930.  When I get home from internet cafe, will look at Pearl CD's and at Peter Copeland's dating guide.  The former IIRC gives exact dates, which may or may not be correct; the latter will give a range....

Mike in Plovdiv

--- On Fri, 6/26/09, Bryan Wright <bryan at claxtonola.com> wrote:

> From: Bryan Wright <bryan at claxtonola.com>
> Subject: [78-L] Gregorian Chant dates?
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Date: Friday, June 26, 2009, 12:56 PM
> I just picked up a beautiful set of
> Gregorian Chant records on Victor  
> M-87 (recorded by the Choir of Monks of the Abbey of
> Saint-Pierre de  
> Solesmes). Does anyone know when and where these were
> recorded? I see  
> the oval "VE" bug in the runout, so I'm guessing late 1920s
> or early  
> 1930s. The labels state "Recorded in Europe" (obviously),
> but were  
> these made in a studio, or did Victor's European affiliate
> take  
> portable equipment to the abbey? The sound is rich and
> spacious. I'm  
> just curious. The matrix number in the runout of the first
> side is CF  
> 3151-2. Individual records in the 12-inch six-record set
> are numbered  
> 12544 through 12549.
> 
> Thanks,
> Bryan W.
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